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[ verb ] show off
Used in print (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)But though I boasted and gave_off a dapper front , I was beneath_it_all frightened . |
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[ verb ] wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
Examples "she was sporting a new hat" Used in print (Rocky Mountain News, [Denver, Colorado]...)Innumerable motels from Tucson to New_York boast swimming_pools ( `` swim at your own risk '' is the hospitable sign poised at the brink of most pools ) . Some even boast two pools , one for adults and one for children . (San Francisco Chronicle...)The Dolce_Vita get-together boasted a strip tease ( carried as far as a black slip ) ; a lady drunk on her hands and knees who carries the hero around on her back while he throws pillow feathers in her face ; a frigid beauty , and three silly fairies . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)In New_York_City , WLIB boasts `` more community service_programs than any other Negro station '' and `` one of the largest Negro news staffs in America '' . (Life BR-C16. Saturday Review, 44:15 (April 15, 1961)...)New_Hampshire figures its peak around Columbus_Day and boasts of all its hardwoods including the yellow of the birches . |
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[ noun ] speaking of yourself in superlatives
Synonyms Used in print (Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)From actions aboard , it is easy to guess that Spencer 's boast of twenty staunch followers was a modest estimate '' . Related terms |
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